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Classroom Language QuizA Quiz about Classroom Language |
D-Day (Ch 5 Agents & War)
Read a text about the D-day. Go to BBC Newsround. |
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Help the animalsListen to these stories and help the animals |
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Sound-PoemsRead and listen to these sound-poems! |
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The Princes in the Tower
Save the two princes from prison in the Tower of London. |
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Tower of London (Part 1/ch 1)What does the real Tower of London look like? Have a look here: |
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Try Star WordsConcentrate on the shape of the words. |
WWII – Interview (Ch 5 Agents & War)
Which questions can you ask in an interview about WWII? Go to BBC Newsround. |
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Apostrophe - QUIZ (LU 1.3)Try a quiz about apostrophes. Go to Flatmates: |
British or American? (Ch 1, Text 1 English Variants)Here you will find a list of British, Canadian and American words. Go to English Club |
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British Voices (Ch 6 Experience Britain)‘Listen in to the diverse voices of the United Kingdom. Eavesdrop on Rotarians in Pitlochry and Travellers in Belfast. Drop in on skateboarders in Milton Keynes. Overhear pigeon fanciers in Durham.’ Go to BBC: |
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BritKid (Ch 6, Multicultural Britain)Go to this website, learn about race, racism and life and get to know nine young British people from different backgrounds: |
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Choman Hardi (Ch 1, Text 1 Voices of English)Read more poetry by Choman Hardi. Visit her webpage: |
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Comics, Robb Armstrong (Ch 3, Intro)Read more comics by Robb Armstrong on Comics.com. |
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Eleanor Roosevelt (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the past first lady, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Go to The White House website: |
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Ellis Island (Ch 7, Text 1)Learn more about the history of immigration to the US: |
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English Language - QUIZ (LU 1.5)Test yourself about the English language and types of words. Go to World-English: |
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Michael Collins (Ch 5, Text 1 Voices of Independence and Peace)
Learn more about Michael Collins and the film about him. Go to Warner Bros. Studios: |
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Nelson Mandela (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)Mandela's words, "The struggle is my life," are not to be taken lightly. Go to ANC’s website and read about his life: |
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Newsround about Different Addictions (Ch 2, Text 1 E330)
Learn how different addictions affect your life and how you can cope with them. |
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Oscar Wilde, timeline (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Text 1 Voices in Literature/Track 3 The Happy Prince)Learn more about Wilde’s life and writing. Go to The Oscar Wilde Society: |
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PowWows (Ch 4, Text 2 Native American Powwows)
See, Listen and Learn more about PowWows, go to this site: |
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Romeo & Juliet, movie (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Text 1 Shakespeare’s Voices)Read about the film ‘Romeo + Juliet’ with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Go to Fox Films website: |
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Sentences 1 (LU 1.1)Try a game about sentences and punctuation. |
Storyline LinksLenker til internasjonale og nasjonale Storyline-sider på nettet. |
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Timeline of English Language [Ch.1, Language Timeline]Would you like to know more about the History of English Language. You can just read about it or play the game. |
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Apostrophe - QUIZ (LU 1.3)Write the sentences and fill in the missing apostrophe. |
Benjamin Zephaniah (Ch 6 Multicultural Britain, Text 1 + Track Facts)
Learn more about Benjamin Zephaniah, his writing and his social commitment: |
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Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan (Ch 5, Text 1 Voices of Independence and Peace)
Williams and Corrigan received the Nobel Peace Prize together in 1976. Learn more about their work for peace at Nobelprize.org: |
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Bill Bryson (Ch 1, Text 1 Voices of English/Track 3, Neither here…)
Learn more about Bill Bryson’s travels and books. Go to his official webpage: |
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English Sound samples from around the world (Ch 1, Text 1 English Variants)Listen to the same stories read in different variants of English. Go to Alt.Usage.English newsgroup. |
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From here to there [Ch. 2, Hit the Road]It's not always easy to hit the road. Here you can practise reading and following instructions. |
Glasgow Podcast (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track4 Glasgow, Scotland, GB)Glasgow, the city of music. Learn more about Glasgow’s Music Scene. Listen to this podcast at SeeGlasgow.com: |
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Marilyn Monroe (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read more about the movie star, Marilyn Monroe. Go to th official Website, marilynmonroe.com: |
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Meet the author J. Alexander (Ch 3, Text 1 How to be a Brilliant Writer)Learn about the author J. Alexander and her work. Go to her home page. |
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Nelson Mandela The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. Read more about him. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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New York City (Ch 7, Text 1)Things to do and places to go. Visit the official Tourist website for New York City: |
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Part of Speech - QUIZ 1 (LU 1.5)Decide which Word Class these words belong to. Go to The English Club: |
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Ray Bradbury (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Text 1 Voices in Literature/Track 2 The Lake)To learn more about Ray Bradbury and his writing, go to his homepage: |
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Sentences 2 (LU 1.1)Choose the correct way to write each sentence. |
Westside story vs. Romeo and Juliet (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Text 1 Shakespeare’s Voices)Westside story, a contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet. Learn more. Visit Artsedge: |
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Word puzzle from British Council (Ch 2, Text 2 Ex Poser)
Find words related to Ex Poser, then read a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah and see the connection to Ex Poser. |
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“For Better or for Worse” (Ch 4, Text 2 Native American Powwows)
Learn more about Lynn Johnston, the cartoon ‘For Better and for Worse’ and about making cartoons. |
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American-English/British-English on-line dictionary (Ch 1, Text 1 English Variants)Learn about differences in spelling and meaning. Go to this dictionary. |
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Apostrophe - FACTS and QUIZ (LU 1.3)Try different quizzes on apostrophes for 'possession' or 'contraction': |
Condoleezza Rice (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read more about the politician Condoleezza Rice. Go to The White House website: |
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David Trimble and John Hume (Ch 5, Text 1 Voices of Independence and Peace)
Trimble and Hume received the Nobel Peace Prize together in 1998. Learn more about their work to resolve the Northern Ireland Conflict. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Emmeline Pankhurst (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the leading British women's rights activist, Emmeline Pankhurst. Go to BBC: |
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Hogwarts Challenge [Ch. 3, Harry Potter]Are you ready for Hogwarts? Try this challenge. |
Idioms: Heart (Ch 3, Text 2 Monty)
Learn Heart Idioms and do a quiz at idiomsconnection.com |
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Immigration today(Ch 7)
Learn more about immigration to the US today. Go to U.S. Census Bureau: |
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Keep your English up to date (Ch 1, Text 1 Voices of English/Track 5 Keep your …)
Learn more about the developing of the English language. Listen to David Crystal: |
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Language rules - Articles (LU 1.2)Try a quiz about articles. |
McCarthy Hearings (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Track 4 A Christmas story)Listen to McCarthy and the army legal representative, Welch, during the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954. Go to American Rhetoric: |
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Multicultural Britain (Ch 6 Multicultural Britain)
This page is made by Woodlands Junior School. Here you can learn more about the diversity of Britain: |
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Nelson Mandela Foundation (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)“The Nelson Mandela Foundation contributes to the making of a just society by promoting the vision and work of our Founder and convening dialogue around critical social issues. Read more.” Go to the Nelson Mandela Foundation website: |
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Part of Speech - QUIZ 2 (LU 1.5)Choose the correct word class from the list of the eight parts of speech. Go to About.com: |
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Paul Jennings, Homepage (Ch 2, Text 2 Ex Poser)Go to Paul Jennings’ Homepage and learn about the author’s life. |
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The All Blacks (Ch 4, Track Sport)Read about and see The Haka. Go to All Blacks’ Web site. |
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The Globe (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Track 6 Shakespeare’s Globe)Learn more about The Globe: |
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Agatha Christie (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about Agatha Christie, her life and literature. Go to The Official Agatha Christie Website: |
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Angelina Jolie (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read more about Angelina Jolie and her work together with UNHCR to help refugees around the world. Go to UNHCR’s website: |
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Beastly Tales (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Track 6 Beastly Tales)Read a blog about the book ‘Beastly Tales’ by Vikram Seth. Go to Blogspot: |
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Collective Nouns – PUZZLE (LU 1.5)Try to find the collective nouns in this puzzle. Go to Oxford University Press: |
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Comma - GAME (LU 1.4)Try a comma game. Go to BBC: |
Goodbye Bafana (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)A film based on the memories of Nelson Mandela’s prison guard. Go to the Goodbye Bafana Homepage: |
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Language rules - To be / to do (LU 1.2)Test your grammar skills on verbs and other grammatical structures. |
Liam O’Flaherty (Ch 5, Track 2 Famine, Track 3 The Sniper)
Learn more about the Irish author Liam O’Flaherty and his writing. Go to Answers.com: |
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Listen to Roald Dahl about Writing (Ch 3, Track Facts Ideas to help aspiring writers)
Go to his Website, enter the Glass Elevator and then choose ‘The Man’ and ‘Interview with Roald Dahl’. |
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Mental Math [Ch. 4, The Essential Arithmetricks]Do you know how to make sums in your head? Learn through this activity. |
Newsround (Ch 1, Text 1 English Variants)Read current news from around the world. Go to Newround, BBC. |
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Paul Jennings, Biography (Ch 2, Text 2 Ex Poser)Read the author’s Biography at Australian Government, Department of Education. |
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Shakespeare (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Track 3 Bard of Avon)Learn more about Shakespeare’s life and writing. Go to Shakespeare Resource Center: |
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The National Steinbeck Center (Ch 7, Track Fiction)
Visit The National Steinbeck Center in California. Be inspired to learn about human nature, literature, history, agriculture, and the arts through Steinbeck’s writing. |
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”Indigenous peoples” (Ch 4 Time Tunnel)Choose from theses links and learn about native peoples from all over the world. |
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Comma - QUIZ (LU 1.4)Try a quiz about commas. Go to BBC: |
Contraction - GAME (LU1.6)Try an interactive game about contractions. Go to Sadlier-Oxford: |
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Crime Expressions [Ch. 5, All texts]Beat the clock! Fill in crime expressions. |
Feet (Ch 3, Between the Lines, Track 5 Feet)Read two reviews on the book ‘Feet and other Stories’ by Jan Mark. Go to Amazon.com: |
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Fireman’s Memory (Part 1/ch 1)Be a firefighter! Try this Memory game about firemen: |
George Orwell (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the author George Orwell. Go to BBC: |
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History of the English Language (Ch 1, Text 1 English Variants)Read and learn this English Language Timeline. |
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Italian recipes in English (Ch7, Text 2)
Serve traditional Italian food, learn to make pasta-dishes, step-by-step: |
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Language rules - To have (LU 1.2)Learn how to use the verb "to have". Then choose "Practise with a grammar game" and test your verb skills. |
Meet the author Roald Dahl (Ch 3, Track Facts Ideas to help aspiring writers)
Learn more about the author in this short biography on BBC7: |
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Paul Jennings, Interview (Ch 2, Text 2 Ex Poser)Listen to this interview with Paul Jennings at ‘720 ABC Perth Local Radio’. |
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Ronald Reagan (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read Ronald Reagan’s biography at The White House website: |
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Rosa Parks, interview (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 MLK, jr., Free at Last)Read this interview with Rosa Parks, ‘The Woman Who Changed a Nation’, from 1996. Go to Grandtimes.com: |
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The Globe Theatre: performance in Shakespeare’s time (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Track 6 Shakespeare’s Globe)Watch and listen to a video about The Globe Theatre |
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What’s going on? (Ch 5, Track 4 Breaking With the Past)
Learn more about intolerance in Northern-Ireland. Meet the actor, Meg Ryan and the two young people, Grace and Colin. |
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Add Adjectives (LU 2.1)Add adjectives and create more interesting and entertaining stories. |
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Adjectives describing characters - QUIZ (LU 2.3)Do a quiz about adjectives that describe characters. Go to BBC Quiznet: |
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British History Quiz [Ch. 5 & 6, Murder Timeline & The Great Fire of London]What do you know about British history? Test yourself in a quiz. |
Cartoons, Get Fuzzy, Darby Conley (Ch 3, Track Fiction Cartoons)
Read more comics by Darby Conley on Comics.com. |
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Contractions - TASK (LU1.6)Write the contraction for each word. Go to Webschool: |
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English Pronunciation (Ch 1, Text 2: British English)Listen to some radio programs about English Pronunciation. Go to BBC. |
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Rosa Parks, heroes & icons (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 MLK, jr., Free at Last)“One December evening, a woman left work and boarded a bus for home. She was tired; her feet ached. But this was Montgomery, Ala., in 1955.” Go to Time.com and read more about Rosa Parks: |
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Steven Spielberg (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read about the filmmaker Steven Spielberg at Time website: |
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Vikas Swarup and Q & A (Ch 2, Track Fiction Q & A)
Meet Vikas Swarup in this interview at Channel News Asia. He talks about his book, writing and a whole lot more. |
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Virginia Woolf (Ch 3, Between the Lines, Text 2 and Track 1 The Widow and the Parrot)Learn about Virginia Woolf’s life and literature. Go to Answers.com: |
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Winston Churchill (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the politician and wartime prime minister of Britain, Winston Churchill. Go to BBC: |
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Abraham Lincoln (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)"I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union." Learn more about Abraham Lincoln. Visit Abraham Lincoln Online.org: |
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Addicted to Bollywood (Ch 2, Track Fiction Q & A)
When are you addicted to films? Read this blog at Bollywhat.com. |
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Adverbs of manner - QUIZ (LU 2.5)How do you use adverbs of manner? Try a quiz. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Al Gore (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read Al Gore’s Nobel Lecture at Nobelprize.org: |
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British English Quiz (Ch 1, Text 2: British English)Take your chance with this word quiz. Go to Pearson Education, Factmonster. |
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Comparison on adjectives - TASK (LU 2.3)Do a task about comparing adjectives. Go to English Grammar Online: |
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Discover more about Charles Dickens' life [Ch. 6, The Lonely Child]Watch and listen to this animation about Charles Dickens. Learn more about his life and his work. |
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Interesting Adjectives (LU 2.1)Make the sentences more interesting. |
Learn to make Cartoons (Ch 3, Track Fiction Cartoons)
Watch how an episode of Animal school is made. Go to BBC. |
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Margaret Thatcher (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the politician and the former prime minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher. Go to BBC: |
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Virginia Woolf, interview (Ch 3, Between the Lines, Text 2 and Track 1 The Widow and the Parrot)Listen to Virginia Woolf in this interview from 1937, ‘Words fail me’. Go to BBC Four: |
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Australian English with funny cartoons (Ch 1, Track Facts Aussie English)Learn unique Australian English words at the National Museum of Australia. |
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Bill Gates (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Learn more about Bill Gates who established Microsoft in 1975. Go to BBC News: |
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Characterization 1 (LU 2.2)Describe people. |
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Children in Victorian Britain (1837 – 1901) [Ch. 6, The Lonely Child]Try this activity and learn what a Victorian home looked like. |
Comment and viewpoint adverbs - QUIZ (LU 2.5)How do you use comment and viewpoint adverbs? Try a quiz. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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David Attenborough (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about David Attenborough and his broadcasting projects. Go to BBC: |
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Describing people - QUIZ (LU 2.4)Try a quiz about describing people. Go to BBC Quiznet: |
Martin Luther King Jr., The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)“At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize.” Read more about MLK at Nobelprize.org: |
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Meet the author Nick Arnold (Ch 3, Track Fiction The Terrible Truth about Time)Learn more about the Horrible Science author. |
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Movie Stars (Ch 2, Track Fiction Q & A)Film Bug is a guide where you can find and read about your favourite movie stars. |
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About a boy (Ch 2, Track Fiction ‘About a Boy’)
Watch the film trailer to “About a Boy”. Go to the film home page: |
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All and Everyone - QUIZ (LU 2.6)Try a quiz about ‘all and everyone’. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Characterization 2 (LU 2.2)Describe people. |
Diana’s death (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)What happened to Diana? Read the news of the 31st of August 1996. Go to BBC: |
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Langston Hughes (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 2 City Tour)Learn more about the poet and his poetry. Go to The Academy of American Poets: |
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Learn more about Nick Arnold and Horrible Science (Ch 3, Track Fiction The Terrible Truth about Time)Visit his Website, do a quiz or learn an experiment. |
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Martin Luther King Jr., speech (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)Listen to “If you want to be important…” from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech “The Drum Major instinct”. Go to The King Center: |
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Poetry - ACTIVITY (LU 3.3)Look at an activity about how to read poetry. Go to BBC Revisewise: |
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The Declaration of Independence Quiz [Ch. 7, The Stars are Born]How much do you know about the Declaration of Independence? Test yourself in a quiz. |
Video Australia (Ch 1, Track Facts Aussie English)Watch and listen to some videos. . Learn more about Australia. Go to Unleashed. |
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Addicted to films (Ch 2, Track Fiction ‘About a Boy’, Track Fiction: Q & A)Read a blog about ‘About a Boy’. |
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Charles Darwin, Down House (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track 1 Science Tour)Learn more about Charles Darwin’s home. Go to The English Heritage website: |
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Chicken Curry (Part 1/ch 6)Do you want to try some Chicken Curry or other types of Indian food? Here´s how you do it: |
Learn South African words and expressions (Ch 1, Track Facts South African English)Go to South African info. |
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Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)Listen to and read Martin Luther King, Jr.’s , “I have a dream”-speech. Go to American Rhetoric, Top 100 speeches: |
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Meet the author Terry Deary (Ch 3, Track History Stratford Upon –Avon)
Read this short biography about the author at BBC. |
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Place - setting (LU 3.1)This activity can help you planning how to create your own story. |
Planning a Story – ACTIVITY (LU 3.4)Look at an activity about how to plan a story. Go to BBC Revisewise: |
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Somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody - QUIZ (LU 2.6)Now try a quiz about today's language point – ‘somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody’. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Surfing California (Ch 7 Explore America, Track 1 Surfing Tour)If you want to learn more about surfing, go to this guide to California surfing at SurfingCal.com: |
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The Colonial Period (1607-1776) [Ch. 7, The Stars Are Born & American Timeline]Design a Colonial Home Interior and learn how about the Colonial times. |
Anne Stevenson (Ch 7 Explore America, Track 2 Desert Tour)Learn more about Anne Stevenson’s writing. Go to her website: |
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Beginnings (LU 3.2)When you write a story the beginning must grab the reader's attention. Here you will learn different ways of making a good beginning. |
Jane Austen, Bath (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track 3 Literary Tour)Visit Jane Austen’s Bath. Go to The official tourism website for Bath, England: |
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Learn about different languages in South Africa (Ch 1, Track Facts South African English)Go to South African Info. |
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Meet the poet Roger McGough (Ch 3, Track Music Lyrics, Raps & Poems)Read this short biography about the poet at BBC. |
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Newsround about drinking law in the UK (Ch 2, Track Fiction ‘About a Boy’)
What does the law in the UK say about kids and drinking? |
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Steve Biko, biography (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)
“Steve Biko (1946-1977), a political activist and writer, is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in the Union of South Africa.” To learn more about him, go to Answers.com: |
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The Civil War (1861-1865) [Ch. 7, Gettysburg]Design a Civil War Home Interior and learn about the Civil War. |
The Passive - QUIZ (LU 3.5)Test yourself by doing a quiz on the passive voice. Go to Better English: |
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Time expressions – QUIZ (LU 4.3)Try a quiz about time expressions. Go to Flatmates: |
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Active or Passive voice? - QUIZ (LU 3.5)Do you know the difference? Try this Quiz to check your knowledge. |
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Jane Austen’s House (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track 3 Literary Tour)Listen to this programme about Jane Austen’s House. Go to BBC, Learning English: |
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Listen to the poem We Real Cool (Ch 3, Track Music Lyrics, Raps & Poems)
Read and listen to a radio program where the poet Gwendolyn Brooks and a young art student read the poem. |
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Newsround about drugs (Ch 2, Track Music Drug Ballad)
Learn facts about drugs. |
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South African radio (Ch 1, Track Facts South African English)Listen to Channel Africa at WRN. |
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Steve Biko, news paper article (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)
“An African hero: Biko - the forgotten martyr” Read this news article about Steve Biko at The Independent World website: |
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Time Expressions (LU 4.1)Add "at", "in" or "on" to these time expressions. |
Time expressions – QUIZ (LU 4.3)Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentences. |
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Comparative Idioms - QUIZ (LU 3.6)Try a quiz with some comparative idioms. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Desmond Tutu, The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)‘Desmond Tutu has formulated his objective as "a democratic and just society without racial divisions".’ Read more about him. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Meet the Illustrator Quentin Blake ( Ch 3, Track Timeline Once upon the Time)Learn more about the illustrator at his Webpage. |
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Newsround about sports people and drugs Ch 2, Track Music Drug Ballad)
Find out why some sports people take drugs. |
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Phrasal Verbs (out) – QUIZ (LU 4.4)Try a quiz about phrasal verbs -out. Go to Flatmates: |
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Search for My Tongue (Ch 1, Track Fiction Indian English)Watch a video clip of the poem “Search for my tongue”. Go to The Open University. |
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Time Quiz (LU 4.1)Try a quiz about prepositions of time. |
Comparative Idioms - GAME (LU 3.6)Try a matching game with comparative idioms. Go to Better English: |
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Dealing with addiction (Ch 2, Track Music Drug Ballad)
Defining an addiction is tricky, and knowing how to handle one is even harder. Get advice at TeensHealth. |
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Desmond Tutu, career and life (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)Learn about Desmond Tutu’s life and career. Go to South African History Online: |
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Phrasal Verbs (on / off) – QUIZ (LU 4.4)Try a quiz about phrasal verbs –on / -off. Go to Flatmates: |
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Search for my Tongue (Ch 1, Track Fiction Indian English)Learn and read about the poem. Go to BBC. |
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The Months (LU 4.1)Find the correct order for each month. |
Confusing Verbs: Make or Do – QUIZ 1 (LU 4.5)Fill in the right verb. Choose between make or do. Go to Better English: |
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Getting the right tense (LU 4.2)Can you get the right tense in the right place? |
John Henrik Clarke, (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 2 The Boy who Painted…)
Learn more about the author of ‘The Boy who Painted Christ Black’. Go to The Black Collegian Online: |
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Question tags - QUIZ (LU 5.3)Try a quiz about question tags. Go to Flatmates. |
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Search for my Tongue (Ch 1, Track Fiction Indian English)Listen to this audio bite about the poem ‘Search for my tongue’. Go to BBC. |
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Stephenson’s Rocket (Part 1/ch 11)Try to work the first steam engine! |
The Science Behind Drug Abuse
Learn more about drugs’ harmful effect, read stories and play games at Nida for Teens. |
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Confusing Verbs: Make or Do – QUIZ 2 (LU 4.5)Choose a form of either 'make' or 'do' to complete the sentences. Go to About.com: |
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Football and Health (Ch 2, Track Sport The Commentator)
Learn about training, preventing injuries, football food and doping at Fifa.com |
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Question tags - AUDIO (LU 5.3)Listen to an explanation of how to use question tags. Go to BBC radio. |
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Search for my Tongue (Ch 1, Track Fiction Indian English)Read the text to the audio bite about ‘Search for my tongue’. |
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Strange Fruit (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 1 The Rabid Racists & Strange Fruit)
Listen to Billy Holiday singing Strange fruit. Go to You Tube: |
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The Present Tense (LU 4.2)Use the present simple. |
Confusing Verbs – QUIZ (LU 4.5)Try a quiz about confusing verbs. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Learn how to be a Commentator (Ch 2, Track Sport The Commentator)Meet John Motson, a football commentator for BBC for over 30 years. |
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Personal Pronouns - QUIZ (LU 5.4)Test yourself by doing a quiz about personal pronouns. Go to Skillwise. |
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Sujata Bhatt (Ch 1, Track Fiction Indian English)Read a short biography on Irish Writers Online. |
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The Present Perfect (LU 4.2)Use the present perfect. |
Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 6 The Atlantic Slave Trade)Explore more about the history of the slave trade. Go to The Mystic Seaport Museum: |
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Confusing Verbs: Make, let, allow – QUIZ (LU 4.5)Try a quiz about confusing verbs: ‘make’, ‘let’, ‘allow’. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Nadine Gordimer (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 5 The Moment Before…)
Learn about Nadine Gordimer. Read her biography at ZAR.co.za: |
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Personal Pronouns - GAME (LU 5.4) |
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Question Words (LU 5.1)Make the questions by typing in the right Question words. |
Sujata Bhatt, Biography and recordings (Ch 1, Track Fiction Indian English)Read a biography and listen to more sound tracks and an interview with Sujata Bhatt at the Poetry Archive. |
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The History of Marlboro Man (Ch 2, Track Timeline: Marlboro Man)
Read about and listen to radio programs about the history of the advertising campaign of Marlboro Man. |
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Confusing Verbs: Must and Have to – QUIZ (LU 4.5)Try a quiz about confusing verbs: ‘must’ and ‘have to’. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Nadine Gordimer, The Nobel Prize in Literature (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 5 The Moment Before…)
Learn more about Nadine Gordimer and the The Nobel Prize in Literature. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Reading Tables & Charts - ACTIVITY (LU 6.3) |
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Smoking (Ch 2, Track Timeline: Marlboro Man) |
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Sujata Bhatt, Biography and recordings (Ch 1, Track Fiction Indian English)Read a biography and listen to more sound tracks and an interview with Sujata Bhatt at the Poetry Archive. |
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WH-Questions (LU 5.1)Answer these "who, what, where, when, why" questions correctly, and you could "win" a million bucks! |
Benjamin Zephaniah (Ch 1, Track Fiction Which English?)Watch some Benjamin Zephaniah music videos online. Go to his homepage. |
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Confusing Verbs: Get – QUIZ (LU 4.5)Try a quiz about confusing verbs: ‘get’. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Handling Data - QUIZ (LU 6.3) |
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Point of View (LU 5.2)Read extracts from well-known novels and decide if each passage is a 1st person narrative or a 3rd person narrative. |
Smoking and Health Risks (Ch 2, Track Timeline: Marlboro Man)
Learn about how smoking can injury your body parts. Click and read, and do a quiz at University of Iowa. |
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Snake charmers (Part 2/ch 3)See pictures of real snake charmers! |
Confusing Verbs: Make and Do – QUIZ (LU 4.5)Try a quiz about ‘make’ and ‘do’. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Handling Data - FACT SHEETS (LU 6.3) |
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Improve your Spelling (LU 6.1)If you need to improve your spelling skills, try this activity! |
The London Breed (Ch 1, Track Fiction Which English?)
Watch and listen to an illustrated version of the poem. Go to British Council: |
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How Paragraphs are Set Out - ACTIVITY (LU 6.4) |
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Sports idioms (Ch 1, Track Sport American Idioms)
Learn sports idioms at About.com: |
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Verb Pattern – QUIZ (LU 4.6)Try a quiz about verb patterns. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Linking Words - QUIZ (LU 7.3)Try a quiz about linking words. Go to Flatmates. |
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Spelling: Homophones (LU 6.1)Try a quiz about homophones. |
Sports idioms (Ch 1, Track Sport American Idioms)Read about American football and learn sports idioms on Sportsidioms.com: |
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Verbs + verb-ing – QUIZ (LU 4.6)Try a quiz about Verbs + verb-ing. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Conjunctions - QUIZ (LU 7.3)Try a quiz about conjunctions. Go to Flatmates. |
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Spelling: Letter patterns (LU 6.1)Can you find the hidden words in these interactive wordsearches? Each game practises a letter pattern. |
Sports idioms (Ch 1, Track Sport American Idioms)
Learn about sports idioms and try a quiz at The Idiom Connection: |
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Animal sounds (Part 2/all chapters)Listen to the sounds of different animals. |
Fact and Opinion - QUIZ (LU 7.4)Try a quiz about facts and opinions. Go to BBC Skillswise. |
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Shakira (Ch 1, Track Timeline English the Language of Music)
Read the cover story about Shakira at Faze Magazine: |
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Spelling: -s or -es? (LU 6.1)Fill in the correct plural word endings. |
Fact and Opinion - FACT SHEET (LU 7.4)Read these fact sheets about ‘facts and opinion’. Go to BBC Skillswise. |
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Spelling: Plural rules (LU 6.1)Do you know the right plural spelling? Try this game. |
Verb-subject Agreement 1 – QUIZ (LU 5.5)Test your skills at making verbs and subjects agree. Go to BBC Skillswise: |
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Fact and Opinion - WORKSHEETS (LU 7.4)Work on these tasks about ‘facts and opinion’. Go to BBC Skillswise. |
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Spelling: “y” or “i”? (LU 6.1)When does the "y" change to an "i"? Choose "Practise with a grammar game" and test your spelling skills. |
Subject-Verb Agreement 2 – Quiz (LU 5.5)Test your skills at making verbs and subjects agree (advanced). Go to Capital Community College: |
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Paragraphs (LU 6.2)What do you know about paragraphs? |
Verb-subject Agreement – GAME (LU 5.5)Will you uncover all the treasure in the verb-subject agreement 'Treasure Hunt'? Go to BBC Skillswise: |
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Frequent Words (LU 7.1)Click on a frequently used word to read and hear it in a sentence. |
Reflexive Pronouns – QUIZ (LU 5.6)Try a quiz about reflexive pronouns. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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High Frequency Words (LU 7.1)Click and drag the words to the right place. |
Object Pronoun or Reflexive Pronoun – QUIZ (LU 5.6)Which is the right pronoun to use? Go to Using English.com: |
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The Tree House (Part 3/ch 1-2)Find out more about Mary Pope Osbourne and her books. |
Learning English - Wordmaster - GAME (LU 6.5)Try a Wordmaster Game and see if you can find the word. Go to BBC Wordmaster: |
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Proofreading (LU 7.2)Do a proofreading quiz. |
May or might – QUIZ (LU 6.5)Do you know when to use may or might? |
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Fewer or less – QUIZ (LU 6.5)When do you use fewer or less? Test yourself. |
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Speech Marks – GAME (LU 6.6)Try the ‘really hard’ level in this interactive game. Go to BBC Bitesize: |
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Reported Speech – QUIZ (LU 6.6)Do you know how to express reported speech? Try this quiz at BBC Flatmates: |
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Tiger facts (Part 3/ch 3)Find out more about tigers. |
Linking Ideas – QUIZ (LU 7.5)Try a quiz about linking ideas together. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Showing agreement – QUIZ (LU 7.6)Try a quiz to see if you know how to say that you agree. Go to BBC Flatmates: |
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Noisy pictures (Part 3/ch 3)
Make a noisy picture of a tiger in the wild! |
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Trim´s story (Part 5/ch 1)Some pets are famous! Read the story about Trim, the ship´s cat. |
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Design your home (Part 5/all chapters)Why not make your own home? Design your house here: |
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Jack and Jill (Part 5/ch 3)Do you want to hear the melody to "Jack and Jill"? |
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3 Blind Mice (Part 5/ch 3)Do you want to hear the melody to "Three Blind Mice"? |
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Georgie Porgie (Part 5/ch 3)Do you want to hear the melody to "Georgie, Porgie"? |
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Narnia film (Part 6/ch 1)See a little bit of the Narnia film here: |
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Christmas Carols (Part 6/ch 2)Read, listen and sing along to these Christmas Carols! |